Day of Fire and Flak — Inside the Allies’ Bold But Costly Schweinfurt–Regensburg Raid
“American veterans of 25 missions over Germany later said that it was the toughest day of their war.” By Joe Molyson PRUSSIAN Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke said that no plan survives first contact with…
Sister Snipers — Meet the Red Army’s Deadliest Sharpshooters of WW2
“These elite shooters helped tip the balance, especially in urban environments where stealth and precision mattered most.” By Joseph Coleman THE NAME Lyudmila Pavlichenko may not be one of the most recognizable from the Second…
The Battle of Azaz — How an 1125 Clash Reveals the Difference in Tactics Between East and West
“Battles between Turkish and Frankish armies during this era involved encounters between two very different warcrafts.” By Nicholas Morton IN 1125 the fortunes of war in northern Syria hung precariously in the balance. In the…
From the Battlefield to the Blackboard — Meet the Waterloo Veteran Who Saved a Famous Military Academy
“He became an ensign in the Black Watch and within a few months his battalion was sent abroad.” By Rosslyn Macphail “The enemy had a gun on our flank. We were formed into a square….
Napoleon and Alexander — How the Macedonian Conqueror Inspired Bonaparte
“[Bonaparte] mused that Alexander ‘when scarcely beyond the age of boyhood, with a mere handful of brave troops, conquered a quarter of the globe.’” By Joseph Stiles NAPOLEON Bonaparte famously listed Alexander the Great among…
French Indochina Goes to War — Meet the Southeast Asian Troops Who Fought for France in WW1
“They were quickly formed into 19 units of the Bataillon de l’Infanterie Coloniale.” By George Yagi BY THE fall of 1914, France was facing a crisis. It had only been at war with Germany for…
